Cellular / Molecular
The images show a Purkinje cell in cerebellum (left, image by CB Johansson)
and multipatch recordings form cerebral cortex (right, image by G Silberberg).
Cellular/Molecular neuroscientists study how neurons control their excitable behaviour, how they receive and process incoming information, and how they communicate with other neurons via synapses.
Scientists in this field utilize a wide range of research technologies to decipher the molecular and biophysical basis of neuronal function, as well as the interplay between neurons and glial cells.
Cellular and molecular neuroscience research often links with other fields such as stem cell biology, and have implications for disease mechanisms in many nervous system disorders.
Research groups
- Michael Andäng, neuronal differentiation, circadian rhytms
- Ernest Arenas, development and generation of dopamine neurons
- Christian Broberger, brain networks controlling homeostatic processes
- Lennart Brodin, presynaptic mechanisms
- Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, epigenetic states during oligodendrocyte development
- Sandra Ceccatelli, developmental neurotoxicology
- Karima Chergui, molecular neurophysiology
- Abdel El Manira, neuromodulation in spinal locomotor networks
- Patrik Ernfors, molecular neurobiology
- Anna Falk, induced pluripotent stem cells
- André Fisahn, neuronal oscillations
- Gilberto Fisone, molecular neuropharmacology
- Bertil Fredholm, molecular neuropharmacology
- Kjell Fuxe, molecular neuropharmacology
- Sten Grillner, the cellular bases of motor behaviour
- Tibor Harkany, neurodevelopment, endocannabinoid signaling
- Ola Hermanson, neuronal development and differentiation
- Jens Hjerling-Leffler, genetics of adolescent brain development
- Tomas Hökfeldt, chemical neurotransmission
- Carlos Ibáñez, functions and signaling mechanisms of growth factors
- Lars Jakobsson, regulation of vascular integrity in the CNS
- Håkan Karlsson, molecular genetic studies of schizophrenia
- Juha Kere, genetics and molecular biology of dyslexia and cognitive development
- Ole Kiehn, mammalian locomotor lab
- Patrik Krieger, neocortical neuronal networks
- François Lallemend, sensory neuron specification and connectivity
- Thomas Perlmann, molecular developmental biology and stem cells
- Agneta Richter-Dahlfors, tissue microbiology, organic bioelectronics
- Gabriella Schmitz Lundkvist, circadian rhythms in health and disease
- Gunnar Schulte, receptor biology and signaling
- Oleg Shupliakov, neuronal membrane trafficking
- Gilad Silberberg, cortico-striatal microcircuitry
- Roger Strömberg, nucleic acids for diagnostics and gene therapy
- Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, neural differentiation and cancer development
- Per Uhlén, intracellular signaling
- Peter Århem, ion channels
